What the flies cost
There are two ways to pay for Claude. A subscription is a flat fee for the apps and Claude Code. The API is pay-per-token for software you build. If you are a person using Claude, you almost certainly want the subscription.
Flies used to be free. Then somebody invented tiers.
Subscriptions
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Chat on web, desktop and mobile. Artifacts. Claude Design, Slides and Docs. Sonnet and Haiku models. Limited usage. |
| Pro | $20 a month, or $17 a month billed annually ($200 up front) | Claude Code, Projects, Research, Claude in Chrome, Microsoft 365, Sheets and Whiteboards (beta), and Opus. |
| Max | $100 a month | 5 times Pro usage, $100 a month in API credits, Fable included up to half your weekly limit, priority access at busy times. |
| Ultra | $200 a month | 10 times Pro usage each week, $200 a month in API credits, Fable included up to half your weekly limit, everything in Max. |
| Team, standard seat | $25 per seat a month, or $20 billed annually | Claude Code and Cowork, admin controls and central billing, SSO, up to $500 a month in pooled API credits. 2 to 150 users. |
| Team, premium seat | $125 per seat a month, or $100 billed annually | 5 times standard seat usage, plus Fable at 50% of weekly limits. |
| Enterprise | $20 per seat a month billed annually, 20-seat minimum, plus usage at API rates | SCIM, audit logs, role-based access, a Compliance API, custom data retention, and a HIPAA-ready offering. |
Every plan has usage limits. How fast you reach them depends on the model, the length of the chat and the size of your files.
Clodhopper move: Buying API credits to use Claude Code as an individual when a subscription already includes it.
API prices
Per million tokens, in US dollars.
| Model | Input | Cache write, 5 min | Cache write, 1 hr | Cache read | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.2 | $8 | $10 | $16 | $0.20 | $40 |
| Mythos 5.2 (limited availability) | $8 | $10 | $16 | $0.20 | $40 |
| Opus 5.5 | $4 | $5 | $8 | $0.20 | $20 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $2 | $2.50 | $4 | $0.10 | $10 |
| Haiku 5.5, prompts up to 100K tokens | $0.10 | $0.125 | $0.20 | $0.01 | $0.50 |
| Haiku 5.5, prompts over 100K tokens | $0.50 | $0.625 | $1 | $0.05 | $2.50 |
- Batch API50% off input and output for work that does not need an answer right away.
- Prompt cachingReading from the cache costs a small fraction of the normal input price, as shown above. Batch and caching discounts can be combined.
- Long contextThe full 1M-token window is billed at standard rates on current models. Haiku 5.5 is the exception, with the higher tier above 100,000 tokens.
- Web search$10 per 1,000 searches, plus the tokens for the results.
- US-only inferenceA 1.1x multiplier on token prices when you require it.
Claudhopper move: Put the stable part of your prompt first and cache it. Run anything overnight-able through Batch. That is most of the savings, and it is two settings.
Source: claude.com/pricing and the API pricing page, read on November 11, 2026. Prices are Anthropic's to change, and they do. Check those pages before you budget.